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	Travel to Gabon, Tourism in Gabon, Tours of Gabon, Republic of Gabon, Tourist attractions in Gabon, tourist ...
		It is bound by Congo to the northeast, east and south, Cameroon to the north, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
		In southern Gabon the coastal plain is dominated by granite hills and almost the entire country is situated on the Ogooue River with its two major tributaries, the N'Gounie and Ivindo Rivers.
		President Omar Bongo, who succeeded M'Ba on the latter's death in 1967 and is now one of Africa's longest serving heads of state, has maintained them ever since.
	www.tourismgabon.org (534 words)

	Profile - Gabon
		Gabon, officially Gabonese Republic (French République Gabonaise), independent nation in west central Africa, bounded on the northwest by Equatorial Guinea, on the north by Cameroon, on the east and south by the Republic of the Congo, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
		Gabon is one of the few countries in Africa to maintain a positive balance of trade.
		Under the 1961 constitution, as amended, the president of Gabon was directly elected for a seven-year term, serving as both chief of state and head of government.
	www.inadev.org /profile_-_gabon.htm (1839 words)

	Gabon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1910, Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa, a federation that survived until 1959.
		President El Hadj Omar Bongo was re-elected in December 1998, obtaining 66% of the votes cast.
		Gabon is also noted for efforts to preserve the natural environment with what may be the largest area of nature parks in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gabon (755 words)

	Gabon - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M’ba, with Omar Bongo as his vice president.
		President El Hadj Omar Bongo was re-elected in December 1998, with 66% of the votes cast.
		Gabon is more prosperous than most nearby countries, with a per capita income of four times the average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Gabon (455 words)

	Gabon - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Gabon
		The president appoints a prime minister, who presides over a council of ministers, in consultation with the president.
		Gabon was colonized by some of its present inhabitants (the Fang and the Omiéné) between the 16th and 18th centuries.
		In 1889 Gabon became part of the French Congo and was a province of French Equatorial Africa from 1908.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Gabon (517 words)

	President of Gabon\|President Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The President is a member of the Federal Council elected by the Swiss Federal Assembly (the Swiss Parliament) for a year; and the President is merely ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals).
		President for Life is a title assumed by some dictators to ensure that their authority or legitimacy is never questioned.
		In FranceFrench legal terminology, the president of a court consisting of multiple judges is the foremost judge; he chairs the meeting of the court and directs the debates (and this thus addressed as "Mr President", ''Monsieur le Président'', or appropriate feminine forms).
	www.echostatic.com /President_of_Gabon\|President.html (2071 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Gabon. 1353 facts and figures, stats and information on Gabonese economy, crime, people, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		President BONGO introduced a nominal multiparty system and a new constitution in the early 1990s.
		However, allegations of electoral fraud during local elections in 2002-03 and the presidential elections in 2005 have exposed the weaknesses of formal political structures in Gabon.
		Gabon's political opposition remains weak, divided, and financially dependent on the current regime.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/gb (190 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand : : In focus
		The President of Gabon reiterated that Gabon?s private sector was particularly interested in imports from Thailand including air-conditioners, Thai rice and orchids.
		Dr. Kantathi pledged to encourage Thai private sector to export air-conditioners to Gabon as well as discuss the possibility of joint investment with the Gabonese side to produce air-conditioners in Gabon to be exported to the EU where Gabon could enjoy tax privileges.
		Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon was on a private visit to Thailand as guest of the Thai government during 28-30 April 2006 as part of his tour of the region, including the Arab Emirates, China and India.
	www.mfa.go.th /web/162.php?id=16039 (589 words)

	President of Gabon Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M’ba, with El Hadj Omar BongoOmar Bongo as his vice president.
		Gabon is located on the Atlantic OceanAtlantic coast of central Africa.
		During the 1990s, devaluation of the CFA franc left Gabon struggling to pay its overseas Third World debtdebt; France and the IMF have provided further loans and aid in exchange for the implementation of changes to the economy.
	www.echostatic.com /President_of_Gabon.html (489 words)

	Omar Bongo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bongo was elected as vice president in March 1967, alongside the incumbent president, Léon M'ba, and became president himself upon the death of M'ba on November 28, 1967.
		In 2003, the constitution was changed to eliminate any restrictions on the number of terms a president can serve; Bongo's critics have accused him of intending to rule for life.
		Bongo's wife is the daughter of Congolese president Denis Sassou-Nguesso.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Omar_Bongo (280 words)

	Gabon Flag,Gabon Map, Gabon Culture : SphereInfo.com
		Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country in west central Africa.
		Gabon is also noted for efforts to preserve the natural environment with what may be the largest area of nature parks in the world.
		Gabon's folklore seems close to the ancient art of the minstrel, where a storyteller, accompanying himself on the harp, recites half spoken, half sung epics.
	www.sphereinfo.com /gabon (849 words)

	Gabon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is bordered by Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west; the island state of São Tomé and Príncipe is situated off the coast.
		Gabon is a republic of central Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean.
		In February 2003, Gérard Nguema Mitoghe, president of Gabon's opposition National Rally of Republicans, demanded the dissolution of Parliament and municipal councils, citing the high level of voter abstention in the December 2001 elections.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9108331 (715 words)

	Gabon, Africa Information
		Only two autocratic presidents have ruled Gabon since independence from France in 1960.
		The current president of Gabon, El Hadj Omar BONGO Ondimba - one of the longest-serving heads of state in the world - has dominated the country's political scene for almost four decades.
		Despite political conditions, a small population, abundant natural resources, and considerable foreign support have helped make Gabon one of the more prosperous and stable African countries.
	gabon.africa.com (125 words)

	Fiji In Talks With Vice President Of Gabon - 3rd ACP Summit, Fiji
		The Vice President of Gabon, His Excellency, Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge met this evening (16/07/02), with the Assistant Minister in the Prime Minister’s office, Marieta Rigamoto and the Prime Minister’s Roving Ambassador, Berenado Vunibobo at Sheraton in Nadi.
		“Gabon is open to establishing bilateral relations with Fiji beginning first and foremost with diplomatic relations.
		Vice President Di Ndinge also mentioned the cultural field that Fiji and Gabon can explore as part of their individual cultural heritages.
	www.acp.fiji.gov.fj /news/2002_07_16_3.html (258 words)

	Gabon
		Gabon is a republic dominated by a strong presidency.
		The CNC cited the periodical's lack of respect for citizens' privacy and maintained that the newspaper's systematic "attacks" on the integrity of President Bongo and his family were "unconstitutional." The newspaper filed an appeal in the Constitutional Court against the suspension and lost.
		President Bongo, who has been President since 1967, was reelected for another 7-year term in a December 1998 election marred by irregularities that generally favored his incumbency, including incomplete and inaccurate electoral lists and the use of false documents to cast multiple votes.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8374.htm (6959 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Profile: Gabon's 'president for life'
		During a military coup attempt in 1964, Mba was kidnapped and Bongo was held in custody in a military camp in Libreville.
		Gabon found itself on the brink of a civil war, as the opposition staged violent demonstrations.
		The president responded by meeting some of his critics to discuss revising legislation to guarantee free and fair elections.
	news.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net /1/hi/world/africa/2646825.stm (760 words)

	The World Bank Group in Gabon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		President Bongo was re-elected in presidential elections in 1998.
		Gabon is facing a sharp decline in oil production (50 percent over the next 5 years), which will continue to put a severe constraint on government revenues.
		Gabon's main economic challenges will be to weather the decline in oil production and to diversify its production and revenue base away from oil, while drastically improving the efficiency of public expenditures.
	www.worldbank.org /afr/gb/gb_ctry_brief.htm (356 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Gabon sits on the Equator in western Africa bordered by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Republic of Congo.
		Gabon enjoyed political stability throughout the 1970's, due largely to the rapid oil-driven economic growth that has given Gabon one of the largest per capita incomes in sub-Saharan Africa.
		President Bongo was educated in Congo-Brazzaville and is married to the daughter of its President Sassou-Nguesso.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019672583372 (1280 words)

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		The president of Gabon is meeting with members of the political parties and rebel movement from Ivory Coast this week in an attempt to restart the country's peace process.
		President Bongo has already met with members of President Gbagbo's ruling party, the Ivorian Popular Front, and has extended separate invitations to each of the opposition parties to meet in Gabon's capital, Libreville.
		Gabon hopes the talks in Libreville and Abidjan will lay the groundwork for a meeting that would bring all sides of the Ivory Coast peace process and West African leaders to a summit that would restart the peace process.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/hn/36CECE5D-4FA5-47C8-AE22867677226E65.html (432 words)

	BDP-Gabon Nouveau: Pensée et action politique
		On December 6, 1998, presidential elections were held in Gabon which saw the last hope for a peaceful political transition irremediably shattered by Bongo's desire to maintain himself in power forever.
		Gabon is still under a firm autocratic rule that makes it impossible for people who want true freedom to survive therein, unless they sell their soul to Bongo.
		Gabon therefore needs a political voice in exile that would vent to the world its desire for freedom and a more humane treatment.
	www.globalwebco.net /bdp/carter.htm (1914 words)

	Gabon
		Ruled by autocratic presidents since independence from France in 1960, Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution in the early 1990's that allowed for a more transparent electoral process and for reforms of governmental institutions.
		Gabon has a small, professional military of about 5,000 personnel, divided into army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and national police.
		Gabon has followed a nonaligned policy, advocating dialogue in international affairs and recognizing both parts of divided countries.
	www.triwest.net /~cvfsc/Countries/Gabon.htm (191 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ivory Coast's prime minister, rebels and political leaders are meeting with the president of Gabon Friday in an effort to end political stalemate in the divided Ivory Coast.
		Among those attending the talks brokered by Gabon's President Omar Bongo is Alassane Ouattara, an opposition leader who was barred from the last presidential election because of doubts over his nationality.
		He also said President Gbagbo needs to reinstate the three opposition and rebel ministers he fired from the unity government last May. Among the ministers the president fired is the leader of the northern rebels, Guillaume Soro.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/fv/A538FC50-5A24-481B-8ED512617A8B0459.html (293 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - EIA Country Analysis: Gabon
		Gabon's President Omar Bongo, re-elected on December 6, 1998, is Africa's second longest serving head of state, in power since 1967.
		Gabon is still recovering from an economic crisis in 1999, which prompted the national government to take steps to increase the country's economic growth by diversifying the structure of its exports, restructuring and reducing its civil service, and privatising several parastatal industries.
		The meeting was called by Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo and was attended by Presidents Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, Miguel Trovoada of Sao Tome and Principe, and Foreign Ministers Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni of Cameroon and Joao Bernardo de Miranda of Angola.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nta24257.htm (2720 words)

	Jean Ping (Gabon), President of Fifty-Ninth Session of General Assembly
		Jean Ping, President of the fifty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, has been Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Gabonese Republic since 1999 and a Member of Parliament since 1996.
		His distinguished 32-year career in government has been marked by diplomatic success, notably through his contribution to the efforts of the President of Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, to restore peace and stability in Central Africa, in particular in the Republic of the Congo, Chad, Central African Republic and Sao Tomé and Principe.
		Born in 1942 in Omboue, in the Etimbwe region of Gabon, Mr.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2004/unisinf29.html (1755 words)

	The Ibogaine Dossier. Sacred African Plant found Effective in Treating Addiction
		The Republic of Gabon is the center of the Bwiti religion and the Mbiri medical societies each of whom use Ibogaine containing plants for healing purposes, including psychotherapy.
		The first President of Gabon, the Honorable Leon Mba was a member of the Bwiti religion and defended it in French colonial courts.
		Gabon had banned the export of the sacred plant, but lifted this ban for Lotsof's work.
	www.ibogaine.org /citysun.html (2134 words)

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		Background:Ruled by autocratic presidents since independence from France in 1960, Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new constitution in the early 1990s...
		Gabon 1957 Formerly part of French Equatorial Africa, Gabon gained internal autonomy.
		It flows NW and W across Gabon to the Gulf of Guinea, near Port-Gentil, where it forms a large delta....
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	afrol News - Gabon President guilty of graft
		The court portrayed Mr Cardona as an “accomplice of President Bongo and his family in arms and fishing equipment firm” when a judicial inquiry that led to his jailing in Libreville was launched.
		Albert-Bernard Bongo was the former Vice President of Gabon under the country’s first leader, Leon Mba.
		The French tycoon was freed after his son had transferred CFA 300 million francs to the private account of President Bongo, which according to the French judge, must be paid back by the Gabonese leader.
	www.afrol.com /articles/25875 (338 words)

	Gabon
		Gabon was first explored by the Portuguese navigator Diego Cam in the 15th century.
		In 1839, the French founded their first settlement on the left bank of the Gabon estuary and gradually occupied the hinterland during the second half of the 19th century.
		Gabon: History - History Early History to Independence The region that is now Gabon was inhabited in Paleolithic...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107556.html (647 words)

	VICE-PRESIDENT OF GABON EXHORTS AFRICA TO FIGHT FOR PEACE {2 November 1999}
		Paris, November 2 {No.99-238} - The Vice-President of the Republic of Gabon, Didjob Divungi di Ndinge, today addressed a rousing appeal to UNESCO's General Conference in favour of peace which alone "can afford Africa, as elsewhere, sustainable, lasting development".
		The Chairperson of UNESCO's Executive Board, Christopher J. Chetsanga, also praised Gabon's co-operation with UNESCO and highlighted the Organization's concern for Africa, a region declared as a priority target for UNESCO's programmes.
		He also welcomed Gabon's role as the host of the coming summit of Heads of State on the DEMOS-Africa project on the theme of "Africa and Globalisation; the Challenges of Democracy, Governance and Development" and expressed the hope that the meeting be a success.
	www.unesco.org /bpi/eng/unescopress/99-238e.htm (399 words)

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